Photon-counting gamma camera based on an electron-multiplying CCD

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 580-588

  De Vree, Gerralt A ^a,b   Westra, Albert H ^c   Moody, Ian ^d   Van Have, Frans Der ^a,b   Ligtvoet, Kees M ^c   Beekman, Freek J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d E2V TECHNOLOGIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge coupled device (CCD); Digital signal processor (DSP); Electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD); Gamma camera; Molecular imaging; Photon counting; Readout electronics; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYSTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

ELECTRON-MULTIPLYING CHARGED COUPLED DEVICE (EMCCD); GAMMA CAMERAS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOTON-COUNTING; READOUT ELECTRONICS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

HIGH SPEED CAMERAS;

EID: 20044380542     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851443     Document Type: Article

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